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Today I'm starting a new feature here on Fabulous Doodles called Inspired Weekend. My goal is share a just few things each monday that I've found cultivate creativity and inspire.
1. The latest issue of Elle magazine with this gorgeous minimal cover of silver, black and white. I had a meeting last week at the Elle offices and was given a copy of the March '14 Spring Fashion issue and I couldn't wait to tear into it.
2. Helping a friend decorate her new apartment I came across the IKEA Ranarp wall lamp. With its overall industrial look paired with a white metal shade, gold and silver finishes and black and white striped cord, its a great combination and at only $19.99 I have to pick one up for my studio.
3. "For the first time in forever" I went to see a kids movie this weekend, Disney's Frozen and let me tell you, I loved it! Later that night I found myself not only downloading the main songs (including: For the First Time in Forever and Let it Go) but also sketching the main character, Elsa. I added this print of her to my Brooklit Etsy shop and who knows, I just may sketch her sister Anna and few other favorite Disney princesses as well.
4. As a lifelong artist I have a sweet spot for brushes and art supplies. This beautiful photo is by Anna-Malin a Swedish photographer and interior/lifestyle blogger. I'm excited to start following her on Instagram and seeing her work in my daily photo feed.
And lastly, a quick thank you to my friend Will Taylor, aka Mr. Bright Bazaar, for inspiring this post with his 10 Things I Learned & Loved This Weekend series, which obviously I love.


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10. Hermann Staudinger Lecture: "When Coal is Gone"
Nobelpreisträger Robert B. Laughlin (Stanford University), 12.05.2011
Regardless of what happens with global warming, the era of fossil fuel burning will come to an end in about six generations. In this talk I shall try to shed some light on this great historical event, and on the present-day energy problem generally, by looking at the transition "retrospectively" from the point of view of a person living in that future time. Of course, this presupposes that the human race survives the transition away from fossil fuel, but that's a reasonable assumption in light of how extraordinarily adaptable (and prolific) we are. A person living in that time acts like you, looks like you and thinks thoughts not so different from yours. What are those thoughts? What kind of life does this person lead? What is the world like? Are there cars? Are there jet airplanes? Do the lights come on when people flip the switch? What do people study in school about the fossil fuel time, now a distant memory? The answers to these questions turn out to be surprisingly easy to answer given our knowledge of basic physical constraints and human nature. How the transition itself plays out depends on what we do now, but the final outcome does not.

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Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest in a Newark home burglary. The Newark Division of Police reports on the morning of Sept. 3, suspect(s) broke into a home in the 100 block of Linden Ave. and stole guns, knives, jewelry, tools, and other items.
Anyone with information on this crime is urged to call the Licking County Crime Stoppers at 740-349-6888 or 1-888-488-9058. A special coding system protects the identity of the caller but allows for the reward to be issued at a later time.
Crime Stoppers also takes calls from persons with information about any felony. Information leading to the arrest and indictment of a felony suspect could qualify the caller for a reward as determined by the Crime Stoppers' Board. Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization. Reward money comes from private individuals, businesses, and foundations that see Crime Stoppers as an integral tool in the community's fight against crime. Tax-deductible donations can be sent to: Licking County Crime Stoppers, Inc., P.O. Box 304, Newark, OH 43058-0304.


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Rodney S. wants to play
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Grab a deck and get ready to play! Hearthstone is deceptively simple and insanely fun!
Look, we love Rodney. Since you're such a good friend, we'll hook you up with a free pack once you've created a free account and played through the introductory missions. Say hi to Rodney for us!
Rodney S. has invited you from the Americas region. In order to be in-game friends with your recruiter and earn them a reward, you must play Hearthstone in the Americas region as well. New recruits must have achieved less than 20 levels across all classes to be eligible.


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DR. HOOK- Say what? Now hear this about swimmer's ear
"I'm so glad we had this time together...." Sing it, Carol Burnett!
I actually have an autographed photo of Carol. She's funny, vibrant, talented, and very giving. At the end of the show, she would always do her trademark move: the ear tug. Wiggle wiggle wiggle... Goodnight!
But if someone has otitis externa (aka swimmer's ear), doing the ear tug could be quite painful. "It's time to say–OW!"
About 10 percent of Americans get otitis externa sometime in their lives. It's an infection of the ear canal (not to be compared with the toxic waste in New York's Love Canal) usually caused by bacteria, though fungus can also be the culprit.
Ears burning? For some strange reason, people say that means someone's talking about you. But really, it could be otitis externa. Itching, ear pain, and sometimes even hearing loss can occur with otitis externa– or it could be from listening to Fox News.
The discharge can be like the colors of the rainbow– or not: gray, yellow, brown, or white. This comes from the ear canal in externa, but in otitis media (middle ear infection) if the ear drum perforates, the discharge might be from that.
Hearing loss can occur if too much crud builds up from the infection, or the ear canal itself might be so inflamed it closes up– like that Stallone movie, Daylight, in which a NYC tunnel collapses. (I didn't see it. I was deaf to the plot.)
And as mentioned above, pulling on the earlobe can be painful. Usually the earlobe doesn't get infected. But in severe cases the infection can spread to the bones in the skull and earlobe. Elderly people, diabetics, and immuno-compromised persons are more at risk for getting what's called necrotizing otitis externa. This is a serious condition and requires immediate medical attention.
So what causes otitis externa? Well, the ear is designed to be protected from the elements (like dust, dirt, cotton swabs– ahem). The earlobe is shaped like a funky Art Deco couch to keep things from coming in. And for you older men, you know what I'm talking about when I mention the hair in your ear canals. This hair also protects the ear canal from "the elements." (Isn't it sad that while the hair on your head thins, it thickens in your eyebrows, nose and ears?)
In particular, the ear canal is protected from infection by cerumen (aka ear wax). It coats the skin and creates an acidic environment to keep germs from invading the skin.
However, this nicely coated environment can be disrupted by excessive cleaning or scratching. And putting things in the ear not only strips the cerumen ("Wax on, Wax off") but can cut the skin to allow germs to infect the canal.
It is called swimmer's ear because water in the canal can be a pool party for germs to grow. Cerumen repels water, but if the cerumen is lacking, the water can break down the skin. Other things can create a moist environment like ear plugs, headphones, and hearing aids. Oooh, makes me want to put on my iPod earphones while on the beach, "Everybody's surfin, Surfin US... ow!"
A trip to the doctor is usually required, and ear drops are very effective to treat otitis media. Topical antibiotics, topical steroids, acidifying solution and antiseptics make the ear go, "Ah!" For swimmers, water sports should be avoided for 7-10 days.(Gee, I hope that doesn't happen to our Summer Olympics swimmers and divers.)
So if your doctor gives you an earful for sticking things in your ear canal, now you can understand why. But more important than this, remember not to let Mike Tyson bite your ear off. You can't treat that: no deposit, no return.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with a local practice. Email him with your questions.


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Two 'Project Runway' contestants from Milwaukee
Mirandy Levy, Timothy Westbrook compete this season
Milwaukee is taking center stage in the cutthroat world of high fashion. Not just one, but two area designers are battling it out on the latest season of "Project Runway."
WISN 12 News reporter Shelby Croft got the dirt on the behind-the-scenes drama.
"That's made from an army wool blanket," Project Runway contestant Miranda Levy said about one of her designs.
The military uniform is a big inspiration for fashion designer Miranda Levy. She grew up in the tiny town of Wilton, Wis., and then joined the Army.
"I basically fixed the vehicles that fix the roads," Levy said.
She landed in Milwaukee after that and stayed.
The city's also now home to designer Timothy Westbrook, transplanted from upstate New York after doing an artist residency at the Pfister Hotel. He works mostly with repurposed materials and weaves his own fabric.
"This is actually audio cassette tape woven into cloth," Westbrook said, referring to some fabric he designed.
"You could say Miranda is a militant fashion designer," Croft said. "Westbrook considers himself a fiber artist. They took different roads, but each led to the same runway."
"I had just gotten laid off at Kohl's corporate, and an hour later I got that phone call, and I was like, 'Whew,'" Levy said.
After trying three times, Levy finally landed on Project Runway this season. She said she didn't expect the 15 to 18 hours a day shooting and didn't realize the deadlines are real.
"There is no TV magic, and we are working on those extreme pressure time situations," Levy said.
Levy said she was shocked to see Westbrook also in the television workroom. He won't utter a word about the show, only the work that may have gotten him there.
"It was actually my Italian grandmother who taught me how to hand sew when I was five," Westbrook said.
His love of sewing, combined with his love of nature and anything green, led to his career path.
While Westbrook stays silent about the show, Levy is dishing.
"There was a lot of drama," Levy said.
And that drama may be between Milwaukee's runway rivals.
"I'd say we're frenemies," Levy said.
The finale hasn't been shot yet, so not even the designers know who won.
If you're curious where to find their work, Levy sells items at Lela in the Historic Third Ward and does custom jobs. Westbrook has a space in the Grand Avenue Mall.


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Medford, Ore. -- New numbers from the Center for Disease Control show an increase in autism spectrum disorder in children.
According to the CDC one in 68 U.S. children has autism compared to one in 88 just two years ago.
Experts say the 30 percent increase is partially due to the growing amount of information on the disorder. Executive Director at Families for Community, a nonprofit that supports families of kids with disabilities, Kimberly Larsen said she isn't surprised.
"There's been a lot of dissemination of information for physicians and people who are front line and not only diagnose but are a part of the evaluation process for children receiving autism services," Larsen said.
The new research leads to increased awareness of symptoms and aids in diagnosing children. When asked about other factors contributing to the new statistic Larsen said it's up in the air.
"The jury's still out on exactly whether it's related to immunizations or if it's genetic or diet related," she said.
In the study the CDC evaluated health and educational records of eight year-old children in 11 states. The evaluation included 5,300 children total.
Larsen's son, Nels, is one of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. children with autism. And the rising numbers, she said, isn't something parents should be concerned about.
"The autism eligibility is not the end of the world," Larsen said.
She said the disorder doesn't define her son or any other child, and that there are numerous resources available once a child is found eligible for autism service.
"Early intervention agencies are great resources for developmental information," Larsen said.
Since symptoms differ from child to child Larsen recommends keeping a log of your child's behavior. She also said the Swindle Center at Providence Hospital has books on the disorder and private resources for specific needs.
autism, Center for Disease Control, children, disability, health, Medford, Oregon


text: About GreenSkate Laboratory: The GreenSkate Laboratory will be a multi-purpose space for skateboarding, arts and science. This is a multi-phase project that will emphasize reusing and recycling in order to create a skatepark in Washington, DC. This facility is 100% volunteer built using environmentally sound building techniques and composed entirely of reused and recycled materials. In addition to the science lab and recreation potential for the space, there will be large areas that will be dedicated to the creation of tile mosaics and other visual arts. more info: http://www.greenskatelab.org


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I have a FlexLM 10.8 target, have a valid license with hostid=flexid=dongle and I want to make a keygen for a hostid=ANY or whatever. I have found seeds using the structure zeroing method, have built the lmcrypt.exe, but the keys it generates are not correct. Valid license has a 20 chars key, but lmcrypt generates 16 chars in 7-th version compatibility and 20 chars when 20 zeros are defined in template. But it is not correct. Maybe prog uses some additional crypt. How can I figure it?


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Public release date: 26-Aug-2009
– They found that ability to eliminate arsenic from the body varied greatly, with some participants excreting up to 95 percent of the ingested arsenic but others eliminating as little as four percent.
Large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate arsenic from the body, according to a new study that questions existing standards for evaluating the human health risks from the potentially toxic substance. The study found that some people eliminate more than 90 percent of the arsenic consumed in the diet. Others store arsenic in their bodies, where it can have harmful effects. The research, based on the first application of new methods for studying arsenic, is scheduled for the Sept. 21 issue of ACS's Chemical Research in Toxicology, a monthly journal.
In the study, Kevin Francesconi and colleagues point out that drinking water in many parts of the world, including some regions of the United States, contain amounts of arsenic that exceed the World Health Organization's maximum acceptable levels. Consumption of seafood, the article notes, is another major source of arsenic contamination. Health effects from chronic arsenic exposure include skin and internal cancers, cardiovascular disease, and possibly diabetes, it adds.
The scientists describe monitoring arsenic excretion in the urine of human volunteers. They found that ability to eliminate arsenic from the body varied greatly, with some participants excreting up to 95 percent of the ingested arsenic but others eliminating as little as four percent. "This observed individual variability in handling [arsenic] exposure has considerable implications for the risk assessment of arsenic ingestion," the paper states. It adds that further study is needed to assess potential risks to humans consuming seafood products. "The data presented here suggest that the long held view that seafood arsenic is harmless because it is present mainly as organoarsenic compounds needs to be reassessed."


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CRM in 2012: Big Changes in the Wind
Jan 9, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The CRM landscape is shifting gears -- and it looks as though 2012 will be the year that will see investments in technologies to cash in on a veritable explosion of social media, mobile and integration opportunities.
CRM Buyer talked to some players to get their take on what enterprises are planning -- or should be planning -- in the months to come. Here's what they had to say.
Avaya: Excellence Getting Social
The winners in 2012 will be those that can figure out new ways to distinguish themselves on the customer service front, Ajay Kapoor, vice president of customer service for Avaya, told CRM Buyer. "What it did in 2011 is accelerate the maturity of a few things that will explode in 2012."
His top predictions for 2012 include an increasing role of social media in the contact center.
"It began in 2010, grew up in 2011, and is now no longer a side project," Kapoor said. "It will be blended into the way people do business because it not only offers cost benefits, but the chance to turn problems into opportunities. But you can't fake it. Do it wrong, and you expose any flaws to millions."
The pervasiveness of mobility will also change the contact center experience dramatically in 2012. "Enterprises now have an opportunity to provide more dynamic services and integration with applications in real time, from IM to chat to video," he said.
Unified communications will proliferate even more, Kapoor added. "Waves of new technology, such as contextual click to communicate, are coming to users, which is generating unprecedented viral demand in the workplace."
Microsoft: Market Intelligence on Tap
With enterprises on the convergence trail, analytics will become a must-have in 2012, observed David Pennington, director of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
"Convergence between Web, CRM and ERP systems will move enterprises beyond monolithic systems and more into truly understanding people; streamlining, adapting or eliminating entire business processes; and defining a new world of business analytics that includes social/viral (influence) and transactional (business impact) intelligence," Pennington told CRM Buyer.
The ability to leverage company and employee networks, along with Web data, will be top of mind as a means to enrich customer relationships, contact records and customer engagements in the months to come.
To that end, businesses will increasingly seek out best practices to practically implement social tools that drive business results, Pennington added. "Organizations will continue to identify ways to leverage social technologies to deliver improved business results and customer satisfaction."
NexJ: Integrated Desktop Front and Center
CRM has moved long beyond a standalone application to become a mainstay in integrated desktop strategies, said Paul DeVriendt, senior vice president of products at NexJ Systems. "All RFPs today focus on what's needed technology-wise to deliver those strategies."
The push is on for flexible platforms that can seamlessly integrate with legacy applications to drive comprehensive customer views -- aka an intelligent service model.
"CRM as a standalone became just another address book," DeVriendt said. "Early integration got complicated and expensive because it involved moving massive amounts of data. Now it's about how you integrate without moving that data and leaving it at source."
Expect to see increasing interest in more flexible technologies to get at existing assets at source quicker, faster and cheaper. Service delivery demands will also drive seamless integration efforts with mobile devices and self-service customer portals.
SugarCRM: Open Source in the Enterprise
Open source has settled in quite nicely in the enterprise space after having met with great success in the mid-market corner of the world, according to Clint Oram, cofounder of SugarCRM. "It's an interesting place to be right now. People get it now and are OK with it."
Another growth area for 2012 will be private cloud services, he noted, because they alleviate any shared tenancy concerns enterprises may have.
New product development is now centered on integration with social media and mobile, Oram added. "Social will drive explosive growth in CRM technologies. Everyone is still trying to figure out the means and what to do with it. People are also getting that social media monitoring and brand management over social channels is important."
As for mobile, the adoption curve has been a game changer. "Social is what is getting people in the door. Mobile is what's closing the deals."
Salesforce.com: The New Age of CRM
The CRM world is entering a new age of visibility and discoverability of information, said Peter Coffee, vice president and head of platform research for Salesforce.com.
"The ease with which customers can find one another to find opinions of products or research competitive pricing has been squared and cubed over the last few years," he said. "The old bases of competition, such as price, are not sustainable as the [social] community grows. In almost every context, people are influenced by their communities and can take action within seconds. The stakes will be high, and the time cycles tight."
Enterprises will need the technology to develop relationships with customers in real time, in the moment -- and mobile will be at the forefront.
"Businesses will need to redesign and re-engineer their electronic presence to get to those conversations," Coffee said. "That will require a profound understanding of the nature of mobility and the role of the social network."
Cloud is a vital enabler to achieving CRM goals, he added. "Capabilities will be amplified as cloud models continue to increase in sophistication and scalability."


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The lifetime waterman shifted uncomfortably on the narrow hospital bed. "I'd rather work a month for free than be here," said Edward "E.C." Hogge, Jr., who operates his deadrise, "Shannon Kay," out of Gloucester. Hogge was being prepped for a microlaryngoscopy with biopsy for suspected throat cancer at the Mary Immaculate Ambulatory Surgery Center in Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News.
Just a couple of weeks earlier, Hogge, self-employed and uninsured, had checked in at the Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic for a sore throat and persistent hoarseness. It was his first time using the clinic. The primary care physician there alerted Project CARE to Hogge's condition. A few days later he was seen in the office of physician Fred Lindsay, an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist with Hampton Roads ENT-Allergy, and less than a week later he was undergoing a biopsy, a 40-minute procedure conducted under general anesthesia.
For all of this care, Hogge will not receive any bills — not from the surgeon, the facility, the anesthesiologist, or the lab. "The program helped me all — it did my surgery and everything. I got zero balance," he said with gratitude, adding that he wished he could pay.
The 60-year-old waterman is one of thousands of free clinic patients on the Peninsula for whom Newport News-based Project CARE orchestrates specialty medical care. Last year, the organization referred 4,000 who received services at a reported value of more than $7.1 million. Founded in 2008, the nonprofit takes referrals from a network of area clinics that provides primary care for the low-income uninsured, and matches them with a current list of 250 volunteer medical professionals.
All three hospital systems on the Peninsula — Bon Secours Hampton Roads, Riverside Health System and Sentara Healthcare — participate. They provide facilities, qualified medical help, lab work and essential diagnostic tests, such as MRIs, chest X-rays and CT scans. Routine diagnostics, such as mammograms and colonoscopies, are generally not offered. They're joined in their efforts by numerous independent providers.
"In the past it was very hodge-podge. They [Project CARE] do a good job of screening," said Lindsay, who was recently appointed to its board. He performs one or two pro bono surgeries monthly at Mary Immaculate, where the entire Ambulatory Surgery facility has signed on. "It's easiest to deal with because we have a certain percentage of indigent care to provide in the area," he said.
To qualify, patients must be adults between 19 and 64, live in the service area and have an income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline (see info box). Their status is reviewed biannually. And, most importantly for Nicole Lee, executive director of Project CARE, patients must be enrolled with a clinic, where they've been screened and have a primary care physician. "The specialists know they'll get follow-up and will get pharmacy assistance," said Lee, emphasizing the importance of coordinated care. "Volunteers really like our program — before they were asking their friends for too many favors, while there were others who wanted to help." Urgent cases, she said, take priority.
A key component for the volunteer specialists is that they can choose how many patients (but not visits) they'll take each year, Lee said. "It takes away the 'open the floodgates' fear." Project CARE asks them to consider two per month. Some will take six a year; others say "send me what you've got." Board member William S. "Bill" Berg, recently retired director of the Hampton Health District, wrote in an email, "When there are many physicians in the same specialty, CARE ensures that the work load is spread evenly among the specialists. The specialists are appreciative of this. … I think it is an innovative and more effective way to provide specialist medical care."
For Bryant Ramirez, a neurologist with Sentara Neurology Specialists, it was a no-brainer. He volunteered to take one new patient a month, anticipating that they'll likely become an established patient with regular follow-ups. For a complex migraine case, that could involve twice-monthly visits. A Sentara employee, it does not affect him financially and he treats Project CARE referrals just like any other patient. "When they come back to me I'm not even aware. I can order any diagnostic tests," he said. In turn, he has referred other self-pay, low-income patients to the organization to connect them with clinics. "People who need it the most, probably have no idea it exists," he said. "There are a whole heck of a lot of people out there who have no way to see a specialist."
Head and neck surgeon Lindsay has volunteered with the program for 2 1/2 years. His whole practice, Hampton Roads ENT-Allergy, participates and physicians may see patients more than 50 or 60 times for allergy therapy and chronic conditions. They offer to take all-comers and squeeze them in to their schedules. "In the current health system, they have no options. They're the working poor, the people working the midnight shift at the Wawa," he said.
Lee confirmed that most of the patients, like Hogge, are the working poor. Two-thirds are women in their 40s and 50s, many of whom work part-time jobs. Lee estimates that there are four times as many eligible people in the region as are enrolled in clinics. Nearly all say that they never expected to need the help.
Gloucester resident Donnie Massey, 59, worked for 18 years as a field-service technician for a Williamsburg company before enduring a series of lay-offs. Each time he took a pay cut until he could no longer afford insurance. A carpenter, he has osteoarthritis and has needed several orthopedic surgeries. In 2010 he was diagnosed with Chiari malformation, a genetic condition that affects the cerebellum and causes severe dizziness and headaches; that also required surgery. "I would never have thought I'd have to go on disability. I can't change it. I'm embarrassed. I'm used to having insurance. I hate costing the organization money," he said. He still needs carpal tunnel surgery. "I'm really appreciative. It's a miracle that people would give up their time. What an awesome program," he said, reiterating that it's not his choice to use it.
Hogge will receive the results of his biopsy later this week at Lindsay's office. The follow-up has been scheduled for late afternoon so he won't have to miss a day's work on the water. He typically pushes off from the dock around 4 a.m. and returns in the early afternoon. The day before the biopsy, he hauled in 26 bushels of crabs, down from 40 bushels the day before. In the hospital, with his wife Cheryl beside him, he asked the doctor for a guarantee that he'd be crabbing the next day. "That's all he thinks about," said Cheryl, who sometimes accompanies him on the boat. She also keeps the books for him and others, and works at a restaurant.
She's still dealing with medical bills from three years ago — before he became a clinic patient — when Hogge had polyps removed from his vocal cords as a self-pay patient. "We keep getting these bills, $100,000. We can't pay them," she said. "Who can afford it?" For the past eight years, Hogge has needed medication for his blood pressure. He pays for the prescription out of pocket. Now, through the clinic, the cost will be one-third as much. Cheryl signed up with the clinic herself eight months ago and has had a couple of check-ups and received treatment for bronchitis.
After the morning's procedure, when he removed several polyps, Lindsay is optimistic that Hogge has a pre-cancerous condition and that the biopsy will come back negative. If so, he'll treat him for Reinke's edema, swollen tissues and hoarseness connected to a 40-year smoking habit that Hogge dropped a week ago. If it's positive for cancer, then Hogge can receive care through Project CARE partners Virginia Oncology and Riverside Cancer Center or Riverside Walter Reed Hospital.
Either way, Lindsay expects to provide follow-up care to Hogge for several years, noting that if caught early, laryngeal cancer is "very, very treatable."
Clinic partners
Patients at the following clinics are automatically eligible for the services of Project CARE:
Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic, Norge; 757-565-1700
Bon Secours Care-A-Van, Newport News; 757-889-2273
Community Free Clinic of Newport News, 25th St., Newport News; 757-594-4060
Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic; 804-210-1368
H.E.L.P. Free Clinic, Hampton; 757-727-2577
Lackey Free Clinic, Yorktown; 757-886-0608
Olde Towne Medical Center, Williamsburg; 757-259-3258
PICH: Marshall Ave., Newport News, 757-380-8709; Warwick Blvd., Newport News, 757-874-8400; Mathews, 804-725-9191; Victoria Blvd., Hampton, 757-952-0180
Tappahannock Free Clinic, 804-443-9590.
Project CARE
•Project CARE is an umbrella organization that coordinates medical specialist care for low-income, uninsured patients. Patients must be between 19 and 64 years old, have no veterans' benefits, no access to health insurance, and have an income below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines ($22,980 for one person, $31,020 for two; $47,100 for family of four); they must be enrolled at a free clinic on the Peninsula.
•The organization is funded by the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation, Sentara Health Foundation, Riverside Health System Foundation, Peninsula Town Center, CarePlex Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center, and the Virginia Health Care Foundation. Its hospital partners are Sentara Healthcare, Riverside Health System and Bon Secours Hampton Roads.
• For information, to volunteer or make a donation, contact: Project CARE, (office in the Peninsula Health District building) 416 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News; 757-933-2355, http://www.projectcareva.org.


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DOVER — Have you ever wondered where the phrase "sleep tight" came from? How about, "You can't eat dessert until you clean your plate"? And what does a "square meal" really mean?
These questions can be answered at the Woodman Institute Museum, nestled near the heart of the Garrison City on Central Avenue, where you tour a garrison house built in Dover in 1685 and catch a glimpse of a man-eating clam caught off the Australian coast.
Yes, all this, in just one museum.
Thom Hindle, who after 15 years as a trustee became the museum's curator this year, said so many residents overlook the museum, driving by every day and never really taking the time to peak in and see what the place is all about.
He said many people bring their grandchildren and are amazed to find how many new items have been brought into the 19th century-style museum since they visited when they were in grade school.
Every year Hindle brings in a new exhibit and spends the winter months, when the museum is closed, updating and making changes to existing exhibits.
Years ago, he even climbed in the taxidermy displays of birds and wildlife animals from years and years ago to clean up the stages the original curator, Melville Smith, had created.
"He must have been happy with what we did," Hindle said. Ever since the clean up, the infamous sound of foot steps that once continuously walked up and down the second floor hall of the museum where the birds are located have stopped and are no longer heard.
When the museum reopens on April 3, a bottling exhibit will be available to view. Bottles from Dover from hundreds of years ago are in the collection, from Coca-Cola and whisky to medicine, oysters, orange soda and milk jugs.
The 10-foot tall polar bear, killed by a Dover man near the Siberian coast in 1969 will always be a focal point at the Woodman, but many people do not know that just around the corner from the tall, white bear is a 27-pound lobster, a blue shark caught off the coast of Ogunquit, Maine and the last cougar ever killed in New Hampshire, back in 1853 in Lee.
The Woodman also has one of the largest mineral collections north of Boston, with over 1,300 rocks and minerals on display.
"We've very unique, very eclectic," Hindle said of the Woodman. "We're natural science, local history and art, basically three museums in one."
Hindle said it can take days to actually absorb all that is in the museum, and he is not kidding.
My tour began in the center courtyard of the museum, where the Woodman itself, along with the Hale House and the William Dunn garrison house were in full view. In front of me was one of the ten "Napoleon" Civil War cannons, complete with its original caisson. The batteries from this cannon were what stopped Gen. Pickett's infamous charge at Gettysburg.
An oversized skeleton key unlocked the cover protecting the 1685 garrison house. Stepping through the home made of eight-inch thick logs was, excuse the clich�, like stepping back in time.
The exterior was built so thick in order to keep arrows and bullets from going through the logs.
The house was used as a defensive home, in case of an Indian attack, right here in Dover near where the Garrison Elementary School sits today.
To the left when first walking into the home, visitors can spot a heart carved out of the wood by the doorway.
According to Hindle, the entryway was once boarded up for extra protection, with doors that had to be opened to let people inside the kitchen on the left and the living room on the right.
Because it was so dark with the closed doors, occupants would generally make a hole in the wall to let in light from the fireplace.
"And if you were newlyweds or if it was your first home, a heart was carved sometimes," Hindle said.
The original authentic fortified garrison was built out in the Back River Road section of Dover and today is still in 70-percent of its original form. A new fireplace was installed in the 1700s when the residents realized having an open fireplace that could be viewed from both the kitchen and the living room on the opposite side was not efficient — the heat went right up the chimney.
"It would be so cold in here buckets of water would freeze," Hindle said. "I read a journal where a man wrote that his pen ink was freezing it was so cold in here."
Over 800 items illustrate Dover's history in the house from kitchen utensils, furniture, tools, looms and rope beds. These items were, for the most part, collected by a Dover woman, Ellen Rounds, who helped bring the house to the museum when it first opened in 1916.
It took 10 days to get the house to the museum. It was rolled on logs down the road.
Today, people can view the wooden trenches that were once used as plates. These trenches were carved out of wood and made square, hence, "a square meal." They had to be cleaned with bread so that dessert could be served on the other side, coming up with the phrase, "You cannot have dessert until you clean your plate," because, literally, you had to clean your plate out so you could turn it over to have dessert.
Upstairs in the garrison is where people slept. The mattresses, sacks filled with field hay and straw, sat on ropes. After tossing and turning, Hindle said people would use a rope wrench to twist and tighten the ropes every couple of weeks.
"Tight ropes, tight bed, or, basically, sleep tight," he said.
Other furniture pieces are also on display at the museum in the Hale House, a home built by John Williams in 1813, who started the Dover Cotton Factory in 1812. John Parker Hale, a former U.S. Senator and abolitionist moved into the home in 1840. His daughter, Lucy, was the fiancee of President Abraham Lincoln's assassinator, John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln's podium used during a speech he gave in Dover and the saddle he sat on shortly before being assassinated are also on display at the Woodman Institute Museum.
Downstairs in the Hale House, Dover history, from water buckets that once hung by the front door of each residence to assist in fires throughout the community, to old toys, dolls and eyeglasses, are on display. As you climb the stairs once used by President Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster, you will discover a room that used to hold formal parties. A Civil War era music box still plays in a room full of furniture made in Dover, Portsmouth and Newburyport. The desk of Jeremy Belknap, the man who wrote sermons in Dover and the first history of New Hampshire, also sits inside the Hale House, complete with a feather pen.
After viewing these pieces of history, hearing the stories of past Dover residents, even spotting a meteorite that had landed in China in 1516, it was easier to attempt to imagine what my life would be like if I had lived in these past centuries. I started to picture what it would have felt like to have woken up at dawn to chop trees, husk and shave corn and search for and use giant leaves to bake bread so it would not stick to a metal pan. I thought about how it would have felt to freeze through the winter, live through wars shown in the exhibit and even hide under a desk during an atomic bomb test at school. The list goes on and on and it is all in the Woodman Institute Museum. It is all available for people to see starting again on April 3 for $8 a visit.
"It is such a significant museum," Hindle said, and as the brochure says, come and "discover us again for the first time."
The Woodman Institute Museum is located at 182 Central Avenue. For more information, call 603-742-1038, visit http://woodmaninstitutemuseum.org or email email@example.com.


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Shooting in Akron
Tomorrow morning I'll be driving to Tassajara Zen Monastery in Carmel Valley, California. There is no Internet in Tassajara. Cell phone signals do not reach into the valley. There is one telephone that is shared by all of the students and guests. Suffice it to say, it will be difficult to reach me. Postal mail does reach Tassajara. But I doubt anyone who reads this is gonna send me a letter.
While I'm away the guy who moderates the comments section will be putting up a few articles I wrote. These have been published elsewhere, but they haven't been seen for a while.
Also, I put up that "Secure Your Mask" piece on SuicideGirls. So if you want to go look at it again there, you can.
Last night I got word of a mass shooting in Akron. The shooter killed seven people and seriously wounded two others before he was killed by police. The full story is available at this link (click here).
I first heard the story from my friend Miki in Japan. I assumed it must have been some sort of drug-related thing. There are, unfortunately, far too many people doing far too many drugs in Akron, Ohio. About an hour later I got a message from my friend Mark saying that most of the shooter's victims were close relatives of a mutual friend of ours.
Since the police have not released any names yet, I'm not going to do that here. I'll call Mark and my mutual friend L. Back in the early 90s I shared a rundown punkrock house in Akron's North Hill neighborhood. I inherited my room from L after she moved out and into a better place. I used to hang out with her sometimes and drink tea. Every guy I knew back then had a thing for L and so did I. She was beautiful and intelligent and radiated a kind of purity and wonderfulness that I find impossible to describe. But if I think about her I can still feel it even though I haven't seen L in over a decade. She ended up moving in with the leader of a band called Sleazy Jesus and the Splatter Pigs. In spite of his band's name, he was a really great guy. It was a good fit.
I don't know what to make of any of this. It appears that the shooter was the boyfriend of L's sister. That's L's sister's boyfriend, not L's boyfriend who was in the band. I don't want to speculate about why this happened. But one cannot help doing so. In any case I'm not going to put my speculations up on this blog.
I hate it — just absolutely hate and despise it — when people try to make some kind of a "dharma lesson" about every damned thing that happens. I hated it when people did that with David Coady. I'm not going to do that now.
I'm full of grief and anger today. I'll be working on that for the next few weeks. L's boyfriend has thanked their friends for their expressions of support but asked that we respect their privacy. So I'm doing so. I ask anyone reading this who either knows L or feels inclined to try and figure out who she is (seriously, please don't, there's a reason I'm not revealing her name) to do the same. Sometimes people need to be left alone and this is one of those times.
I'll chant a chant for L's family and light some incense at the altar down in Tassajara. What else can I do?


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Even in the High Court, Majority Rules
TORONTO—Canadian Catholic and pro-life organizations are shocked by the top court official's admission that public opinion plays a role in important legal decisions.
Speaking at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto in February, Antonio Lamer, chief justice of the Canadian Supreme Court, said popular opinion was a factor in his decision 10 years ago to overturn Canada's former abortion law. This despite Lamer's personal opposition to abortion.
"Had you asked me at a hearing if I was for or against [abortion], I would have said against," the chief justice told his University of Toronto audience. His comments suggest that despite the justice system's claims of impartiality, majority opinion plays a role in determining even the most basic legal considerations.
Lamer was responding to a question about the benefits of a parliamentary committee reviewing appointees to the Supreme Court. His comment about public opinion playing a role in legal decisions was his way of arguing against such review committees.
Lamer was appointed to the Canadian Supreme Court in 1980 and became chief justice in 1990. He was among the majority of justices who on Jan. 28, 1988, ruled to strike down the country's former abortion law on the grounds that it violated women's security of person guarantees.
The chief justice indicated the basis for his decision to reject the former abortion law was influenced by public opinion.
"My reasoning is that unless you have a vast majority of people who think something is criminal, you should not make it a crime," he said.
Canadian pro-life supporters have long intimated that Supreme Court rulings are not immune from partisan considerations. Nonetheless the Lamer revelation is dismaying to Catholic groups and pro-life organizations.
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has reserved comment on the Lamer revelation. However, Tom Langan, president of the Catholic Civil Rights League (Canada), suggested the Lamer comments reflect the "relativistic" approach to the administration of justice.
"There is little meaningful discussion based on principle and natural law anymore, and that leaves even our best judges in a difficult position," Langan said. "Any justice attempting to make a ruling based on personal belief or principle, would have a hard time justifying that ruling in our pluralistic society."
Canadian pro-life officials meanwhile are less reserved in their criticism of Lamer's comments.
"Chief Justice Lamer's decision in the abortion law case of 1988, based on what he perceived to be the popular will, is a blatant misuse of power on his honor's part," said Mary Ann Miller, president of Alliance for Life Ontario. "The whole exercise of having a trial on the abortion issue at the time was to bring hard evidence from both sides to an appointed judge who would weigh the evidence and make a fair decision. That he lacked the courage or the will to do so has set a precedent for all cases brought to the Supreme Court involving life issues."
Miller said Lamer's attitude will serve to erode respect for the Supreme Court in Canada.
Attorney Gwen Landolt of Toronto, national vice-president of REAL Women of Canada, called the Lamer comments "truly astounding." REAL Women of Canada is a national pro-life organization espousing a traditional role for women and families.
"Now the mask is off the Supreme Court," Landolt said. "We all suspected that the justices were making political, rather than legal decisions, but now we have the chief justice more or less confirming it."
Landolt agreed that the Lamer admission will likely cause greater cynicism among Catholics and pro-life supporters with respect to the justice system.
"[The 1988 abortion law ruling] was a major life and death decision and it was influenced by one man's perception of popular opinion," Landolt said. "We have to wonder now on what other issues will he conduct his own private poll before making a ruling."
Landolt has monitored Supreme Court behavior since the enactment of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada. She said the Charter, which allows the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of Canadian law, in effect leaves Parliament subservient to the courts.
Other commentators across the country have been equally critical of Lamer's revelation. Many believe the comments confirm pro-life suspicions about the Supreme Court, particularly its tendency to overturn long-held values and traditions in the face of new and trendy issues. The Lamer comments also give credence to criticism that the Supreme Court has usurped Parliament's law-making prerogative.
Paul Schratz, editor of a British Columbia Catholic newspaper, echoed these views in a recent editorial. "In the case before the Supreme Court in 1988, at least one judge admits he helped kill the law—not because he considered the law unconstitutional (the usual reason for striking down legislation these days), but because he felt the majority of Canadians were opposed to it."
Schratz also expressed surprise at Lamer's unique interpretation of the function of a Supreme Court justice.
"Somewhere the chief justice got the impression that it was his job to do what the majority of Canadians want," Schratz said. "Where did he acquire the notion, let alone the certainty, that he is qualified to know what the majority want?"
At least one observer, however, believes there may be some justification for Lamer's citing public opinion as a factor in certain legal decisions.
Iain Benson, a senior legal researcher with the Center for Renewal in Public Policy, said "consensus" is an important component for the Supreme Court in making legal determinations under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Center for Renewal in Public Policy is an Ottawa-based forum that provides critiques of selected Supreme Court decisions.
Benson cited a recent court ruling that found community standards to be an acceptable yardstick in regulating some aspects of public policy, such as obscenity.
"Despite the apparent primacy given to the views of individuals, the court has held that the views of the community could form the basis of constitutionally acceptable law, despite the limits on individual autonomy in the area of obscenity," Benson said.
He added, however, that the Supreme Court remains inconsistent in its attitude toward the significance of popular opinion on legal decisions. "This is because [the justices] are insecure about the relationship between morality and law," Benson said.
Mike Mastromatteo writes from Toronto, Canada.
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Why should the aid/relief/development community care about global environmental change (Pt. 2)?
Posted by Ed under Adaptation, Climate Change, Delivering Development, development, Development Institutions, environment, Food Security, globalization, Livelihoods, policy, research, sustainable development
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Yesterday, I took the relief community to task for not spending more time seriously thinking about global environmental change. To be clear, this is not because that community pays no attention, or is unaware of the trend toward increasing climate variability and extreme weather events in many parts of the world that seems to be driving ever-greater needs for intervention. That part of the deal is pretty well covered by the humanitarian world, though some folks are a bit late to the party (and it would be good to see a bit more open, informal discussion of this – most of what I have seen is in very formal reports and presentations). I am more concerned that the humanitarian community gives little or no thought to the environmental implications of its interventions – in the immediate rush to save lives, we are implementing projects and conducting activities that have a long-term impact on the environment at scales ranging from the community to the globe. We are not, however, measuring these impacts in really meaningful ways, and therefore run the risk of creating future problems through our current interventions. This is not a desirable outcome for anyone.
But what of the development community, those of us thinking not in terms of immediate, acute needs as much as we are concerned with durable transformations in quality of life that will only be achieved on a generational timescale? You'd think that this community (of which I count myself a part) would be able to grasp the impact of climate change on people's long-term well-being, as both global environmental changes (such as climate change and ecosystem collapse) and development gains unfold over multidecadal timescales. Yet the integration of global environmental change into development programs and research remains preliminary and tentative – and there is great resistance to such integration from many people in this community.
Sometimes people genuinely don't get it – they either don't think that things like climate change are real problems, or fail to grasp how it impacts their programs. These are the folks who would lose at the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" game – I've said it before, and I will say it again: global environmental change is development's Kevin Bacon: I can link environmental change to any development challenge in three steps or less. Sometimes the impacts are really indirect, which can make this hard to see. For example, take education: in some places, climate change will alter growing seasons such that farm productivity will be reduced, forcing families to use more labor to get adequate food and income, which might lead parents to pull their kids from school to get that labor. Yep, at least some education programs are impacted by climate change, an aspect of global environmental change.
Other times, though, I think that the resistance comes from a very legitimate place: many working in this field are totally overtaxed as it is. They know that various aspects of global environmental change are problems in the contexts in which they work, but lack the human and financial resources to accomplish most of their existing tasks. Suddenly they hear that they will have to take something like climate change into account as they do their work, which means new responsibilities that will entail new training, but often come without new personnel or money. It is therefore understandable when these folks, faced with these circumstances, greet the demand for the integration of global environmental change considerations into their programs with massive resistance.
I think the first problem contributes to the second – it is difficult to prioritize people and funding for a challenge that is poorly understood in the development community, and whose impacts on the project or initiative at hand might be difficult to see. But we must do this – various forms of global environmental change are altering the future world at which we are aiming with our development programs and projects. While an intervention appropriate to a community's current needs may result in improvements to human well-being in the short term, the changes brought on by that intervention may be maladaptive in ten or twenty years and end up costing the community much more than it gained initially.
Global environmental change requires us to think about development like a fade route in football (American), or the through ball in soccer (the other football). In both cases, the key is to put the ball where the target (the receiver of the pass) is going to be, not where they are now. Those who can do this have great success. Those that cannot have short careers. Development needs to start working on its timing routes, and thinking about where our target communities are going to be ten and twenty years from now as we design our programs and projects.
So, how do we start putting our projects through on goal? One place to start would be by addressing two big barriers: the persistence of treating global environmental change as a development sector like any other, and the failure of economics to properly cost the impacts of these changes.
First, global environmental change is not a sector. It is not something you can cover in a section of your project plan or report, as it impacts virtually all development sectors. Climate change alters the range and number of vectors for diseases like malaria. Overfishing to meet the demands of consumers in the Global North can crush the food security of poor coastal populations in the Global South. Deforestation can intensify climate change, lead to soil degradation that compromises food security, and even distort economic policy (you can log tropical hardwoods really quickly and temporarily boost GNP in a sort of "timber bubble", but eventually you run out of trees and those 200-500 year regrowth times means that the bubble will pop and a GNP downturn is the inevitable outcome of such a policy). If global environmental change is development's Kevin Bacon, it is pretty much omnipresent in our programs and projects – we need to be accounting for it now. That, in turn, requires us to start thinking much longer term – we cannot design projects with three to five year horizons – that is really the relief-to-recovery horizon (see part 1 for my discussion of global environmental change in that context). Global environmental change means thinking about our goals on a much longer timescale, and at a much more general (and perhaps ambitious) scale. The uncertainty bars on the outcomes of our work get really, really huge on these timescales . . . which to me is another argument for treating development as a catalyst aimed at triggering changes in society by facilitating the efforts of those with innovative, locally-appropriate ideas, as opposed to imposing and managing change in an effort to achieve a narrow set of measurable goals at all costs. My book lays out the institutional challenges to such a transformation, such as rethinking participation in development, which we will have to address if this is ever to work.
Second, development economics needs to catch up to everyone else on the environment. There are environmental economists, but not that many – and there are virtually no development economists that are trained in environmental economics. As a result, most economic efforts to address environmental change in the context of development are based on very limited understandings of the environmental issues at hand – and this, in turn, creates a situation where much work in development economics either ignores or, in its problematic framings of the issue, misrepresents the importance of this challenge to the development project writ large. Until development economists are rewarded for really working on the environment, in all its messiness and uncertainty (and that may be a long way off, given how marginal environmental economists are to the discipline), I seriously doubt we are going to see enough good economic work linking development and the environment to serve as a foundation for a new kind of thinking about development that results in durable, meaningful outcomes for the global poor. In the meantime, it seems to me that there is a huge space for geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, new cultural historians, and others to step up and engage this issue in rich, meaningful ways that both drive how we do work now and slowly force new conversations on both economics and the practice of development.
I do admit, though, that my expanding circle of economics colleagues (many of which I connected to via this blog and twitter) have given me entrée into a community of talented people that give me hope – they are interested and remarkably capable, and I hope they continue to engage me and my projects as they go forward . . . I think there is a mutual benefit there.
Let me be clear: the continuing disconnect between development studies and environmental studies is closing, and there are many, many opportunities to continue building connections between these worlds. This blog is but one tiny effort in a sea of efforts, which gives me hope – with lots of people at work on this issue, someone is bound to succeed.
In part three, I will take up why global environmental change means that we have to rethink the RCT4D work currently undertaken in development – specifically, why we need much, much better efforts at explanation if this body of work is to give us meaningful, long-term results.
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The latest character video for Robert Rodriguez's Predators is out. This time it's all about Topher Grace's psychotic character Edwin, who's armed only with a scalpel. How is this guy not Predator kibble?
So let's sort this whole video out — warning, spoilers ahead.
If Edwin is a doctor and stuck on a planet with a collection of the "Earth's worst people," I think it's safe to assume he's a pretty bad doctor. Probably not bad in a The Hand That Rocks The Cradle creepy, no-gloves doctor way — more like "it puts the lotion in the basket" creepy. At least that's what we're hoping. Because if Topher is merely the kind of doctor that likes to operate on people sans anesthesia, then fuck it — he's done for. Even if he jumps out of a tree like an evil woodland nymph, scalpel in hand, trying to sneak-attack one of these Predators, this guy will be no match for the deadliest extraterrestrials. I guess he'll just be killing the other characters, and — let's hope — wearing their faces as hats. [Predators Movie]


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Philip St. George Cooke (13 June 1809–20 March 1895), army officer, was born in Loudoun County and was the son of Stephen Cooke, a physician, and Catherine Esten Cooke. He attended a local school and for two years studied at a Martinsburg academy while living with a much-older brother, John Rogers Cooke (1788–1854), a prominent attorney and member of the Convention of 1829–1830. At age fourteen Cooke entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. On 1 July 1827 he graduated twenty-third in a class of thirty-eight. Commissioned a second lieutenant, he reported to the 6th Regiment United States Infantry at Jefferson Barracks, in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
After two years of frontier duty beginning in 1828, Cooke was ordered to Cantonment Leavenworth (later Fort Leavenworth), where he met and on 28 October 1830 married Rachel Wilt Hertzog. Their one son and three daughters included Flora Cooke, who married James Ewell Brown Stuart, later a Confederate major general, and who after his death became principal of a Staunton female preparatory school renamed Stuart Hall in her honor.
During the Black Hawk War, Cooke fought at the Battle of Bad Axe in Michigan Territory (later Wisconsin) in August 1832 and became adjutant of the 6th Regiment. Assigned to the new 1st United States Dragoons, he was promoted to first lieutenant on 10 May 1834. Cooke fell ill during a cavalry foray into the unorganized Indian Territory and after he recovered was sent east on a recruiting mission. He was licensed to practice law in Virginia in 1835 and before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1850. Cooke returned to the frontier in 1835 and on 1 July of the next year won promotion to captain. While serving on patrol duty and as regimental drillmaster, he displayed a grasp of tactics that led in 1843 to independent command protecting caravans from marauding Texans and Indians. Cooke gained valuable experience escorting settlers along the Oregon Trail and intervening between warring tribes. Few soldiers had greater knowledge of the frontier inhabitants and trails leading west from Fort Leavenworth.
At the beginning of the Mexican War, Cooke joined the Army of the West and helped accomplish the surrender of Santa Fe in August 1846. Then as a temporary lieutenant colonel he led a battalion of Mormon volunteers on a hazardous three-month trek from Santa Fe to San Diego, California. Promoted to major in the 2d United States Dragoons on 17 February 1847, Cooke returned to Fort Leavenworth that summer. He was summoned to Washington, D.C., where during the winter of 1847–1848 he was a chief witness against John Charles Frémont at a court-martial that convicted the explorer of failing to obey orders in California. Cooke left in March 1848 for Mexico City. From October of that year until October 1852 he served as post commander and superintendent of cavalry recruiting at Carlisle Barracks, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel in March 1849 in recognition of his service in California.
Cooke reported to Texas late in November 1852 and the following year was ordered to New Mexico Territory, where during the winter of 1853–1854 and the spring he led expeditions against the Jicarilla Apache. He won promotion to lieutenant colonel on 9 February 1854. Cooke helped subdue the Brulé Sioux in the fight at Blue Water Creek in Nebraska Territory on 3 September 1855. As commander of Fort Riley in Kansas Territory in 1855 and 1856, he helped restore order after the bloody clashes between proslavery and free-soil factions. In 1857, as part of an expedition against the Mormons in Utah Territory, Cooke commanded dragoons on a brutal thousand-mile march from Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake City. He was promoted to colonel on 17 June 1858.
Cooke wrote a memoir, Scenes and Adventures in the Army: or, Romance of Military Life (1857). While on leave of absence in the East in 1858 he began writing a cavalry manual especially for American horse soldiers, based in part on changes in French tactics. As part of his research he traveled to Europe in 1859 to observe Napoléon III's Italian campaign, which had concluded by the time he arrived. Cavalry Tactics, or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States (1861) established Cooke as an authority on the subject and went through several editions. In August 1860 he took command of the Department of Utah. From his remote posting at Fort Crittenden, Cooke watched the Union fracture. He resisted family entreaties to join the Confederacy. In a letter to the editor of a Washington newspaper written on 6 June 1861 he condemned Virginia's secession and declared, "I owe Virginia little; my country much. She has entrusted me with a distant command; and I shall remain under her flag as long as it waves."
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Secession divided Cooke's family. One son-in-law commanded a New York regiment in the Union army, but the other two served the Confederacy. Cooke's son, John Rogers Cooke (1833–1891), resigned his commission in the United States Army and late in 1862 became a Confederate brigadier general. Of Cooke's loyalty to the Union J. E. B. Stuart wrote, with mortification, "He will regret it but once & that will be continually."
Cooke became brigadier general of volunteers in November 1861 and soon thereafter a brigadier in the regular army. He was assigned to the Washington defenses and commanded the reserve cavalry during the Peninsula campaign. The press and some other officers made Cooke a scapegoat after he failed to check Stuart's ride around the Union army in mid-June 1862. A controversial cavalry charge at Gaines's Mill during the Seven Days' Battles near Richmond further tarnished his reputation, and he left the Army of the Potomac, whose commanders he believed inept. Assigned to courts-martial for about thirteen months, Cooke from 8 October 1863 to 20 April 1864 commanded the District of Baton Rouge. From 24 May 1864 until 19 March 1866 he was posted to New York as superintendent of the regular army's recruiting service. Cooke was brevetted major general on 27 July 1866 for his wartime service.
Cooke commanded the Department of the Platte from 1 April 1866 until 9 January 1867. His service during the opening months of Red Cloud's War was lackluster, and the Fetterman massacre in December 1866 sparked a controversy that led to Cooke's reassignment to special duty in Louisville, New York, and Philadelphia and then as commander of the Department of the Cumberland for a year beginning on 1 May 1869. He commanded the Department of the Lakes from 5 May 1870 until 29 October 1873, when he retired. Cooke settled in Detroit, Michigan, where he wrote The Conquest of New Mexico and California: An Historical and Personal Narrative (1878) and several magazine articles, including one in Century Magazine in 1885 in which he defended his conduct at Gaines's Mill. The University of Michigan awarded him an honorary M.A. in 1883. Late in the 1880s he reconciled with his son, from whom he had been estranged since the beginning of the Civil War. Philip St. George Cooke died at his Detroit home on 20 March 1895 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in that city.
Contributed by Edwin C. Bearss
Quotations in Washington Daily National Intelligencer, 21 June 1861 (first quotation); James Ewell Brown Stuart to John Rogers Cooke (1833–1891), 18 Jan. 1862, Cooke Family Papers (1855–1871), Library of Virginia, Richmond (second quotation).
This biography, with a bibliographical note, appears in John T. Kneebone et al., eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 1998– ), 3:439–441.
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Ellis improving, but taking time in recovery
ST. LOUIS -- Though Mark Ellis said he feels things are "definitely going in the right direction" with his injured left knee, the Cardinals' infielder is not expected to come off the disabled list on Friday, his earliest date of eligibility.
After sitting on the bench during the club's season opener in Cincinnati, Ellis returned to St. Louis, where he has been continuing to rehab and receive treatment to relieve the soreness brought on by left patella tendinitis. He had not resumed baseball activities until Monday, when Ellis took pregame swings in the batting cage.
"I had never had this before, so I had no expectations on how it would go," Ellis said. "I figured it would get better just from staying off of it and doing things to make it get better. But it's gone well. It's gone really well."
Ellis said he has been able to gauge improvement just through the increasing ease of completing everyday activities, like going up and down stairs. Movements that were painful when he first injured the knee in mid-March and then re-aggravated it during the final week of Spring Training are no longer so.
"Now that stuff is gone," Ellis said. "We're getting the soreness out of there. I guess there is a little bit of fluid in there, getting that out, too. I'm just taking this time, realizing that it's got to get better."
Ellis is expected to go out to one of the organization's affiliates before coming off the DL, though the Cardinals have not yet determined a start date for that Minor League rehab assignment. Because of time missed during Spring Training, Ellis can use the assignment to make up for some of those missed at-bats.
"The reports we get every day are very positive," manager Mike Matheny said. "Talking to him today, he said he feels real good. But as far as next step, we haven't talked with the training staff about that yet."


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Showcase your collection of ceramics in a reclaimed piece of furniture which you had freshen up by painting the interior with a coat of the perfect blue.
Meandering along the narrow streets of Habana Vieja, Lost in the past, savoring the present, I can't help but wonder what stories these architectural gems hold. Soft pinks always whisper mysteries to me. #OldHavana #PinkMysteryDoor #venueandmenu
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|Here you will find information on all kinds of Equipment Customization. From the materials used to the steps to follow.
- Awakening, introduced in Version 11 of FlyFF, is the process of adding additional special stats to a piece of equipment. The stats that are added can be either positive or negative, so it's not always a good thing.
- The following items can be awakened:
- Any weapon, including Unique and Ultimate weapons
- Any shield
- Any armor suit
- Helmet, Gauntlet and Boots.
- Awakening has a fee of 100,000 penya each time an item is awakened. Awakening has a 100% success rate, and so can not fail. There is no chance of an item breaking during awakening.
Note:For raised pet awakening see here.
- With the introduction in V12 to the new types of cards, we now have three.
- Elemental Cards
- These cards will give an elemental boost to your Suits and Weapons. Be careful however for changing pray could put you at a disadvantage.
- Suit Socket Cards
- These cards are to add stats to your favorite Suit. Once you pierce them you may add a variety of advantages
- Weapons and Shield Socket Cards
- These cards are to add stats to your favorite Weapons and shields. Once you pierce them you may add a variety of advantages
Collector System
- Introduced in v11, the collector system permits the player to gather pieces of certain items. After collecting 10 of the same pieces they my be combined to create a whole.
- Crafting is a term used to describe the in-game process of creating a Unique Weapon using rare materials. This process is only available at the (Upgrade Specialist) BoBoChan NPC in Central Flarine.
Creating Ultimate Weapons
- Ultimate weapons, introduced in Version 9 of FlyFF, are the most powerful weapons in the game. Ultimate weapons do not drop from any monsters, they must be refined from fully upgraded Unique weapons. On occasion, Our wonderful staff at the California office, presents us with the rare opportunity of exchanging certain items for the coveted Ultimate's.
- As the term states piercing or making a socket hole in your equipment is explained here
- From Weapons to Armor and Jewelery here you will learn how to use those precious sunstones and moonstones.
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OK. I know this is mostly a food blog, but I have taken a little break to talk about the Occupy Wall Street Movement, which does have elements of Food Activism, with off shoot movements like Occupy Monsanto.
The big question is winter. Will the Occupy part of the movement be hindered by the cold winter weather?
I figure it will get harder and harder for people to stay out 24/7 on cold winter nights. Full time Occupying is both the strength and the challenge to the movement.
Not since the Hoovervilles of the great depression has mass Occupy protests been used.
But the deal is that full time occupiers seem to be only a handful of people who support the movement like myself.
Ed Shultz of MSNBC's, The Ed Show, calls the movement, the 99%, which takes the whole Occupy out of the equation to represent it as the angry 99% who have seen their portion of wealth stagnate as the 1% sky rockets thanks to lower taxes like capital gains and bail out of Wall Street.
On a trip to Dayton Ohio's Occupy group, members told me that there are large groups on weekends in the hundreds, but only 4-6 full time occupiers with about 10 people there on daytimes.
The Full Timers do get the attention (and the arrests) and for those in the movement the deserve our support.
For me it is about increasing numbers, which comes from the large group of weekend warrior types and participation in pre-planned large attended rallies and marches.
I say, lets get the large rallies happening where people come out in great numbers and make a loud noise for a few hours, gain momentum, network and then go home to keep it going on social media, youtube, blogs and to their friends at work.
This means bumper stickers, T-shirts, buttons etc…and flyers around campus along with pre-planning for schedule events.
See my Occupy Wall Street Shop at Cafepress.com
If you are going to college, start an Occupy Group or if you belong a to church, how about starting an occupy group on the grounds of your church or inside?
And lets not forget the Spring, Summer and Fall weather is a few months away with this next election season. Once the weather warms up, Occupiers will be in force occupying the beach heads the hardcore members have staked a claim too.


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Charming Cockburn Town, capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands, is the centrepiece of the little bean-shaped island of Grand Turk. The laid-back capital, with donkeys and horses casually wandering the streets, sports a collection of quaint inns, boutiques and colourful colonial houses. This 400-year-old town boasts an interesting cultural history museum recording the discovery and development of the islands. Also in the museum are mementoes associated with astronaut John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth, who spent time on Grand Turk after his space capsule splashed down offshore. Cockburn is also a busy financial centre, acting as a tax haven for offshore investors.
Whether visiting for business or pleasure few of those who stay on Grand Turk can resist the call of the crystal clear surrounding sea. The island's quiet beaches give on to magnificent coral reefs offering some of the world's best wall diving opportunities, particularly on the western shore. Other activities that can be enjoyed on Grand Turk include bird watching, beachcombing, horseback riding, whale watching, hiking or taking excursions to surrounding islands or cays.
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RFS' solutions for broadcast have been chosen by INVAP as part of the official project to implement digital TV in Argentina
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View Laps from GPS devices in Strava mobile app
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'Breaking Bad' actor emphasizes need for school choices
by Joe Nathan – "Breaking Bad" TV show actor Steven Quezada had several strong messages for about 4,000 educators recently gathered to discuss charter public schools. At a conference sponsored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, (http://www.publiccharters.org) Quezada began, "Thank you, thank you, thank you for recognizing that children learn in different ways."
Then he talked about himself: "I wasn't one of the people who could learn by reading the chapter, answering the questions at the end and then taking a test. I needed a project-based approach. I found that in theater."
Quezada grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He's currently serving on their local school board. His youngsters attend a local charter public school. He pointed out, "There's no war between charters and public schools because charters are public schools."
Recognizing that there's no single best school for all students and providing strong options are central to the charter public school movement. Creating the opportunity to establish charters is one of Minnesota's most important educational contributions to the nation.
Since 1992, the number of charters has grown from one, in St. Paul serving less than 100 students, to more than 6,000 schools serving more than 2 million students. In Minnesota alone, over the last decade, the number of K-12 students attending charters has grown from fewer than 10,000 to more than 41,000. Meanwhile, the number of K-12 students attending Minnesota district public schools declined from about 835,000 to 785,000. So the majority of students continue in district schools. But the charter sector of public education is growing.
Whether it's Apple Valley, Cologne, Monticello or Stillwater, charters increasingly are found all over the state. A complete list of Minnesota charters is available at http://www.mncharterschools.org/directories.
Charters are based on three central American ideas:
–People should have a chance to carry out their dreams.
–People who want to try something new must be responsible for results.
–Americans have freedom within some limits.
These ideas helped contribute to the growth of charters nationally and in Minnesota. That doesn't mean every charter is great. More than 40 in Minnesota have closed, in part because they did not handle finances well and in part because they were not able to produce increases in student achievement.
Minnesota and other states have refined laws governing charters since 1992. As Ember Reichgott Junge, former Minnesota state senator who authored the nation's first charter law, told me last week, "It's really sad" that some unethical people entered the charter world.
And they have. So charter laws have been revised to, for example, clearly prohibit conflicts of interest from charter board members, and to require yearly outside audits that must be made public.
Ted Kolderie, a St. Paul author who has helped develop the charter idea, notes: "State laws vary. Some need to be improved."
Charters have helped encourage new, strong options within district schools. That's great. Because both district and charters vary, I don't think it makes sense to argue about which is better. There are great districts and great charters.
But whether it's an arts-focused, a language immersion, a Montessori or a project-based school, we've learned the value of public school choice. As Quezada emphasized: "Children learn in different ways. They need options."
Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Economic slump likely to continue in Midwest
A new survey of business leaders suggests the economy will remain sluggish in nine Midwest and Plains states, and hiring will be slow over the next three to six months.
The overall economic index for the region improved to 49.5 in December, but it remained in negative territory below 50. The overall index registered 48 in November and 46.5 in October.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says job growth will continue to be slow in the region, and some manufacturing jobs could be lost.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
The December employment index dipped to 48 from November's 50.5.
Creighton University economic reports: http://business.creighton.edu/economicoutlook/


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Famed TV dog trainer steps in to save Montgomery County dog on death row
A yearlong struggle to save a pit bull put on death row after ripping open a woman's arm and chest has ended with an out-of-court settlement that requires he be treated by TV's "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan.
Gus has spent the last 425 days caged in a Montgomery County animal shelter after his attack on animal foster care volunteer Amber Rickles at her Magnolia home in February last year.
He was sentenced to death shortly after but animal rights groups got involved and now Gus will go to the Dog Whisperer in the hope of being transformed.
Rickles claims the brown and white pit bull mix she was fostering for Houston rescue group Maggie's House Rescue, tore into her arm after getting his toe caught in a kennel door.
According to Rickles, during a 20-minute struggle that followed, Gus bit into her left breast, broke down a laundry room door and attacked another dog.
Jennifer Romano, a Millan trained dog handler who runs Maggie's House Rescue, teamed up with other animal-rights groups to spend the last 14 months trying to save Gus. They say he was actually being abused and reacted out of fear.
Rickles admits she did use a taser on the dog in what she says was an attempt to subdue him, but said Gus didn't give up and required three adult men to pull him off of her.
Montgomery County attorneys said an agreement was reached Tuesday just minutes before the case was to go in front of a jury in a plan devised to end what could have dragged on months if further appeals were pursued.
The agreement banishes Gus from Texas where he will be labelled a dangerous dog and says he must be re-homed in California with famed dog trainer Cesar Millan within a week.
Assistant County Attorney Stuart Hughes confirmed Tuesday that they have a letter from Millan's foundation agreeing to take Gus.
Romano and Maggie's House Rescue were also supported by the Lexus Project, which provides legal support for dogs on death row.
"This is something that the Lexus Project kept insisting on, that this dog can get adequate rehab at this facility," Hughes said.
Once there, Gus will undertake a two-week rehab program at a cost of $85-100 a day to see if he is safe and suitable to be re-homed.
"They don't just accept any case, Gus is a very special dog," said Jennifer Romano who believes Gus can be a pet despite the bloody injuries he inflicted on Rickles, "I trained Cesar's way, I trained with him and under him, (Gus) can be re-trained, he can get a second chance at life."
Gus' supporters have instigated an online campaign to try and raise money to pay for the treatment, court and shelter fees, which must be met before he can be released.
Cesar Millan's foundation could not be reached for comment Wednesday but the TV star is well-known for rehabilitating dangerous dogs.
The case has led to a vicious online battle between dog supporters and supporters of the victim.
Rival Facebook pages were set up, one called Save sweet Gus, the other, Save sweet Amber with neither side holding back when it came to commenting on the case.
Montgomery County Attorney JD Lambright said he hoped the agreement would finally bring closure.
"We hope that putting this matter to rest, along with avoiding any potential appeals that the animal rights group would likely pursue had the case gone to trial, will allow the victim to continue her physical, mental, and emotional healing from the effects of this vicious attack," Lambright said in a news release.
A civil case between Rickles and Romano is still pending.


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